Sentences with phrase «community by planting trees»

Instead of buying some new «green» products for Earth Day, start a legacy for your community by planting trees for Arbor Day.

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AMA Mexico catalyzed community members to plant 3,000 new trees in the park and weekly meetings focused on community development take place in the on - site classrooms built by the city of Puebla.

Specifically, El Meson Sandwiches strives to reduce its environmental footprint by recycling in its facilities and planting trees throughout the communities in which it operates.

Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Daniel J. Rizzo along with Parks department personnel, members of the Chestnut Ridge Conservancy, and community members to plant part of a group of 50 true American Chestnut tree seedlings at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park.

This analysis may help city planners determine the best locations to focus tree - planting efforts, while helping them realize that the strategy of adding trees needs to be complemented by other reduction and energy - conservation efforts if their communities are to reach their carbon - reduction targets.

Plant community analysis reveals that the floral turnover was followed by the colonization of new plant groups such as the varieties of conifer trees and the decrease in the contribution of seed ferns in the vegetation along waterPlant community analysis reveals that the floral turnover was followed by the colonization of new plant groups such as the varieties of conifer trees and the decrease in the contribution of seed ferns in the vegetation along waterplant groups such as the varieties of conifer trees and the decrease in the contribution of seed ferns in the vegetation along waterways.

«In fact, our study results are already being used by municipal and state agencies to identify priority areas for planting and tree conservation, as well as examining potential disparities in disadvantaged communities,» she said.

These community run farms use a technique known as Analog forestry, which imitates the native biodiversity of the region's flora and fauna, by planting in the shade of tree canopies to assist in replenishing the nutrition and moisture of the soil.

I got to know the community better, at least by sight, and daily chronicled in my mind and journaled all the changes that were taking place — house repairs, newly planted trees, or freshly paved roads.

Today, the Green Belt Movement joined First Lady H.E Margaret Kenyatta, Ministry of Environment & Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary for Defence Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku and the community around Kibiku forest in Ngong for a tree planting event organized by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

However we came one step closer to making this a reality on 10 October, when the local administration and community members from the Rift Valley area in Kenya were led by Green Belt Movement workers in the planting thousands of seedlings to mark the 10:10:10 Billion Tree campaign.

The Green Belt Movement was founded in 1977 by Professor Wangari Maathai, whose efforts to develop communities through tree planting earned her the 2004 Nobel Prize for Environment.

Being an integrated approach, it sustainably supports and diversifies the sources of income for the communities neighboring the forest by generating income from tree planting activities and promoting alternative and profitable use of the forest.

Community leaders can model the behavior by planting a native tree and green flag at their science centers and city halls.

Year - round, the National Arbor Day Foundation, the largest 501 (c)(3) nonprofit membership organization dedicated to tree planting, provides infrastructure and resources to corporate partners, cities, college campuses and other organizations seeking to make their communities more sustainable by improving the health of their tree populations.

Once a local Green Belt chapter has begun planting trees, organizers urge members to examine their community problems one by one.

Today, the Green Belt Movement joined First Lady H.E Margaret Kenyatta, Ministry of Environment & Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary for Defence Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku and the community around Kibiku forest in Ngong for a tree planting event organized by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

While the tree - planting goal is obviously quite ambitious, the Distrito Federal, or Federal District, which encompasses much of Mexico City, has made a solid contribution to the goal by planting three million trees in 25 communities over 49,000 acres (20,000 hectares) in the district's rural southern zone.According to the National Forest Commission (Spanish link), as of mid August, 50 million tree seedlings had been distributed around the country, which means they may reach the goal of 250 million trees by year's end.

The other woman was asked by a local newspaper to pose with her young children for a photograph to illustrate an article promoting a community tree - planting event.

Tree plantings raised property values by 9 percent in Kensington, a Philadelphia community, while «cleaned and greened» vacant lots immediately lifted nearby house values 64 percent, the study says.